Carrindine v. Ricketts

Ingram, Justice.

This court granted appellant’s application for leave to appeal a judgment remanding him to custody in a habeas corpus proceeding from Butts Superior Court. The issues involved are complex and are of first impression in Georgia. For these reasons, a detailed statement of the genesis and evolution of appellant’s involvement with the courts and institutional systems of the state is necessary for a complete understanding of the issues to be decided in this appeal.

Appellant was under 17 years of age when he was tried on April 19,1974, before a jury in the Superior Court of Turner…